Like Post Graduate Teachers (PGT) for Plus II colleges are recruited through the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), teachers for secondary schools will now be recruited through a competitive examination to be conducted by the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC), Mohapatra said following a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at the state Secretariat here.
He further said government-run elementary, secondary and higher secondary schools functioning within 100 metres of each other in a particular area will have one headmaster for Classes 1 to X. The schools will be grouped for this purpose; currently we have identified 4,100 such schools, Mohapatra said.
The transfer system too will go online to make the process more transparent. To bolster the professional ability of teachers, the government has planned regular training programmes. In the first programme, the government has planned to train around 1.75 lakh teachers between April 17 and May 5, for which 25 experts of the State Resource Group will be imparted orientation programmes, the School and Mass Education secretary informed. Meanwhile, at the meeting the state government prepared a two-year roadmap for the project Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH).
Mohapatra said the recruitment process for 14,000 elementary teachers is over. The newly-recruited teachers are expected to join during April, 2018. It was decided in the meeting that the development of an online data-driven teacher-student rationalisation system is essential. It was also decided that the process for recruitment of secondary teachers as per requirement should be initiated.
Director OPEPA Bhupindarsingh Punia proposed modifications in three programmes – Ujjwal, Uttthan and Utkarsh. The modified Ujjwal would focus on equipping students from Classes I to V with basic skills in Odia, mathematics and English. The programme Utthan would focus on equipping students of Class VI to VIII with grade- level skills in these 3 subjects. Similarly, the modified Utkarsh would focus on improving the skills and knowledge base of students of Class IX.
Learning Camps would be conducted on a mission mode in all primary and upper primary classes from July 18 to 31. During the campaign a whole day would be devoted to remediation skills. No new syllabus would be introduced.
The meeting also finalised 15 action points. The basic objectives of these action points are fixing basics in schools, ensuring equality of access to education in different regions, strengthening assessment mechanism, conducting structured review at all levels within the frame of accountability, award and incentives, capacity building and management of information system.
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